Body Weight and Mortality among Women

Abstract

Body weight and mortality from all causes were directly related among these middle-aged women. Lean women did not have excess mortality. The lowest mortality rate was observed among women who weighed at least 15 percent less than the U.S. average for women of similar age and among those whose weight had been stable since early adulthood.

Keywords

MedicineBody mass indexRelative riskDemographyProspective cohort studyCohort studyCohortConfidence intervalInternal medicine

MeSH Terms

AdultBody ConstitutionBody Mass IndexBody WeightCardiovascular DiseasesCause of DeathFemaleHumansMiddle AgedMortalityMultivariate AnalysisNeoplasmsProspective StudiesReference ValuesRisk FactorsSmokingUnited StatesWeight Gain

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Year: 1995
Type: article
Volume: 333
Issue: 11
Pages: 677-685
Citations: 1989
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                                    JoAnn E. Manson, 
                                
                                    Walter C. Willett, 
                                
                                    Meir J. Stampfer
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1995). 
                            Body Weight and Mortality among Women. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 333
                            (11)
                            , 677-685.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199509143331101
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm199509143331101
PMID: 7637744

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